reinforcer
Americannoun
plural
reinforcers-
something or someone that reinforces or gives strength and support.
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Psychology. something that increases the likelihood of a particular behavioral response, such as a reward or the withdrawal of a negative stimulus.
Example Sentences
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"Food is nature's ultimate reinforcer," said Monell scientist Guillaume de Lartigue, PhD, lead author of the study.
From Science Daily • Jan. 18, 2024
Screens are what behaviorists call a natural reinforcer, which is to say kids like looking at them inherently without being taught to like them.
From Slate • May 14, 2020
The iPad is now the reinforcer, the official carrot.
From The Guardian • Apr. 9, 2019
Or how she and her brother Jason spent summer days digging up Coke bottles and bottle caps around the front porch, where “Goode” had used the caps as a reinforcer for the dirt driveway.
From Washington Times • Dec. 14, 2014
After having played together twice in the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, it now seems more like it's Wayne who has Dustin's back, maybe less an enforcer than a reinforcer.
From Golf Digest • Feb. 25, 2014
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